“Set It Off” Copycats: The Lindell Bank Heist on St. Pat’s in St. Louis

The Brighter Side of Blue Podcast · Nov 11, 2025 · 1h 37m

On March 17, 1997, Dogtown’s St. Patrick’s Day parade collided with chaos when two gunmen stormed Lindell Bank at McCausland and 40, gunned down the security guard, sprayed the lobby with gunfire, and torched a stolen getaway van in Forest Park. We sit down with retired homicide detective Tommy Carroll—who handled the case—and Greg Colombo, owner of Colombo’s Café and a long-time Lindell Bank customer who’d been inside that morning, to retrace every frantic minute: the parade gridlock, radio confusion, burning money, melted rifles, and the surreal interview-room moment involving a prosthetic…